First Session, 42nd Parliament – 2020-21
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
MEMBERS INDEX
speeches by Members; topics debated
References are linked to time stamps in the transcript: e.g.,
73B:1435 = Issue 73, 2:35 p.m.
Bill abbreviations: Amdts. - Amendments; cl. - clause; 1R - First reading;
2R - Second reading; C - Committee stage; 3R - Third reading; RA - Royal Assent
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Ma, Hon. Bowinn (North Vancouver–Lonsdale)
- Baker, Mary Judith, life and legacy 9B:1335
- Kolstee, Anton, contributions and legacy 6B:1005
- McLeod, Ron, life and contributions 12B:1340
- North Vancouver–Lonsdale constituency and area, rental housing tenants and issues 18B:1410-1415
- Rental housing
- Residential Tenancy Act, amendments 18B:1415
- Residential tenancy branch
- Tenancy Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 7), debate 18B:1410-1420
- Tributes
Malcolmson, Hon. Sheila (Nanaimo)
- As subject
- family, friends and volunteers thanked 16B:1720
- meeting with chief of Cheslatta Carrier Nation 30B:1405
- Agricultural Land Commission, decisions on non-farm use, addiction treatment facility 30B:1405-1410, 34B:1045
- Ashnola at the Crossing youth addiction treatment facility 34B:1030
- B.C. Coroners Service, report on overdose deaths 17B:1030
- B.C. Liberal Party, performance as government 32B:1615
- addiction treatment services 17B:1035
- mental health services for children and youth 17B:1045
- B.C. Psychological Association, research on mental health during COVID-19 5B:1410
- Budgets, 2021-22 budget, interim supply timeline and calculation 32B:1610-1625
- Carrier-Sekani Family Services, addiction treatment facility project 30B:1405-1410, 34B:1045
- Children and youth
- COVID-19 business impact and supports 32B:1615
- COVID-19 employee impact and supports, front-line workers thanked 16B:1725
- COVID-19 impact and government response 32B:1610-1615
- COVID-19 impact, response 16B:1720
- COVID-19 mental health and addiction impact and supports
- Discrimination and racism, racism against Indigenous persons in health care system, report 26B:1400
- Health care facilities and hospitals, urgent and primary care centres 32B:1620
- Health care system
- health professionals and workers
- community health worker supply and training 16B:1735
- mental health workers 34B:1040
- primary health care, integration with mental health services and pilot project 5B:1410
- Income assistance
- Interior Health Authority, mental health and addiction services 30B:1415-1425, 34B:1030, 38B:1025-1030
- Introductions by members 5B:1335
- Leween, Corinna, meeting with Mental Health and Addictions Minister 30B:1405, 34B:1045
- Mental health
- mental health and addiction
- mental health of children and youth
- programs and services
- workers, community mental health workers, training 32B:1620
- Mental Health and Addictions Ministry
- Nanaimo
- addiction services, treatment beds and funding 32B:1620
- child care spaces 16B:1725
- government investment 16B:1725
- housing, affordable housing and supportive housing projects 16B:1725
- Nurses
- Okanagan area, south Okanagan, mental health and addiction services 38B:1025
- Oral questions (response)
- Access to mental health services and systemic racism in health care system 26B:1400-1405
- Addiction services in Interior Health Authority and status of Pathways Centre 30B:1415-1425, 34B:1030, 38B:1025-1030
- COVID-19 response and mental health services 3B:1100-1105, 5B:1405-1410
- Government action on opioid crisis 13B:1050
- Government action on opioid crisis and mental health and addiction issues 40B:1400
- Mental health and addiction services 34B:1030-1045
- Mental health services for youth and safe care legislation 17B:1040-1045
- Opioid crisis and Carrier-Sekani addiction treatment facility 30B:1405-1410, 34B:1045
- Opioid crisis and Mental Health and Addictions Ministry budget 17B:1030-1035
- Overdose deaths and decriminalization of simple possession of drugs 24B:1035-1040
- Training for prescription of addiction treatment medications and access to safe supply 23B:1400-1405
- Overdose Prevention Society, operations 16B:1730
- Pathways Addictions Resource Centre, funding and status 30B:1415-1425, 34B:1030, 38B:1025
- Post-secondary education, student mental health services 16B:1735, 17B:1045
- Prayers and reflections 5B:1330, 20B:1000
- Public health emergencies 16B:1725
- Steeves, Gary, contributions and legacy 6B:1005
- Substance use and addiction
- decriminalization of simple possession of drugs 24B:1035-1040
- opioid overdoses
- recovery houses and centres, COVID-19 response 32B:1620
- safe supply 16B:1730-1735
- treatment and recovery services
- Supply Act (No. 1), 2021 (Bill 10), debate 32B:1610-1625
- Throne speech debate 16B:1720-1735
- Tributes
Mark, Hon. Melanie (Vancouver–Mount Pleasant)
Mercier, Andrew (Langley)
- As subject
- Automobile insurance changes, costs and savings 25B:1345-1350
- B.C. Financial Services Authority, role re regulation of real estate industry 19B:1725
- B.C. Liberal Party, performance as government 19B:1720
- Canadian Union of Public Employees, locals 403 and 2058, activities 17B:1010-1015
- Chandra Herbert, Spencer, advocacy for rental housing and tenants 18B:1430
- Communities, rainbow crosswalks 15B:1050-1100
- COVID-19 impact and government response 16B:1510
- Discrimination and racism, discrimination against LGBTQ2S persons 15B:1050-1055
- Eby, David, actions re ICBC 25B:1345
- Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 8), debate 19B:1720-1725
- First speeches by members 16B:1500-1510
- Francophones, francophone community in B.C. 34B:1010
- Healthy lifestyle and physical fitness, physical literacy for children and youth 17B:1015
- Home Owner Grant Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 6), debate 19B:1555-1600
- Homeowner grant, administration, centralization 19B:1555-1600
- Housing, affordable housing, government action 18B:1430-1440
- Insurance Corporation of B.C.
- Introductions by members 13B:1005-1010, 17B:1005
- Journée de la francophonie 34B:1010
- Klippert, Everett George, prosecution for sexual relations with other men 15B:1050
- Langley
- LGBTQ2S community
- Majkowski, Piotr, work and family 16B:1505
- Manufactured home parks, regulation 18B:1435-1440
- Post-secondary institutions, student housing 18B:1430
- Private members' statements
- Real estate industry
- Rental housing
- evictions for renovations and changes to process 18B:1435
- protections for tenants 18B:1430-1440
- rent increases, regulation and freeze on increases 18B:1435
- Residential tenancy branch, compliance and enforcement unit, changes to enforcement process 18B:1440
- Skills training
- Statements by members
- Teamsters Union local 213 16B:1505
- Tenancy Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 7)
- Throne speech debate 16B:1500-1510
- University of the Fraser Valley, faculty 16B:1505
Merrifield, Renee (Kelowna-Mission)
- As subject
- comments on health care system and workers (Sandhu) 16B:1445-1450
- experience as woman in business 22B:1145
- experience in business 4B:1445
- experience with budgets as child and business owner 7B:1530
- experience with business during COVID-19 32B:1440
- family and supporters thanked 4B:1435
- grandmother's experience 22B:1150
- role as Health critic 4B:1455
- role as MLA 4B:1435
- Agriculture, regulation 4B:1440
- Automobile insurance, rates and reforms 25B:1355-1400
- Bankruptcy and insolvency, incidence 7B:1530
- B.C. Liberal Party, performance as government 32B:1430
- B.C. NDP government
- B.C. recovery benefit 7B:1535, 7B:1550
- Budgets
- Business, women in business 22B:1145-1150
- Cacchioni, Rolli, accomplishments in education system 26B:1335-1340
- Coates, Kyla, experience of vaccine appointment cancellation 20B:1030
- COVID-19
- personal protective equipment and supplies, funding 39B:1650
- testing
- COVID-19 business impact and supports 4B:1445, 7B:1530-1540, 12B:1345, 23B:1410-1415, 32B:1445
- COVID-19 economic recovery, plan 4B:1445
- COVID-19 employee impact and supports, front-line workers and supply of health care workers 39B:1710
- COVID-19 impact and government response 4B:1445-1450, 7B:1530-1555, 8B:1105-1110, 32B:1435-1450, 39B:1645-1710
- COVID-19 impact, social equity and inequality 4B:1450
- COVID-19 long-term and residential care impact and supports, rapid-testing program 3B:1045-1050, 10B:1035-1040, 37B:1355-1400
- COVID-19 tourism impact and supports 23B:1415
- COVID-19 vaccination
- vaccination plan
- vaccine booking system
- Credit rating, women's access to credit and legislation 22B:1145-1150
- Dahlgren, Laurie, comments on vaccine booking system 27B:1035
- Diefenbaker, John, comments on role of opposition 4B:1455
- Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 3), debate 7B:1530-1555
- First speeches by members 4B:1435-1455
- Health authorities, budget process, impact of government budget process change 7B:1540-1545
- Health care system
- Health Committee, activation 8B:1110
- Health Ministry, opposition critic, role 4B:1455
- Home care, home and community care 4B:1440
- Homelessness, homeless population and government response 4B:1440
- Housing, affordability and supply 4B:1440
- Insurance Corporation of B.C.
- Italian Canadians, immigrant experience in B.C. 37B:1345
- Kelowna Canadian Italian Club 37B:1345
- Kelowna Chamber of Commerce business award recipients 12B:1345
- Kelowna General Hospital, history and services 20B:1010
- Kelowna, Italian community 37B:1345
- Kelowna-Mission constituency and area
- Knox, William, work as physician 20B:1010
- Legislature, opposition, role 4B:1455
- McKinsey and Co., study on COVID-19 response and health services 4B:1450
- MLAs, collaboration 4B:1455
- Mina, Michael, comments on COVID-19 rapid testing 10B:1040
- Motions
- Okanagan area, description and issues 4B:1435-1455
- Oral questions
- Prayers and reflections 24B:1000
- Provincial health officer, role and COVID-19 response 8B:1110
- Public health, preventive health care 4B:1450
- Rental housing, evictions for renovations and changes to process 4B:1440
- Robinson, Selina, comments on interim supply legislation 39B:1645
- Seniors, care and support 4B:1440
- Statements by members
- Supply Act (No. 1), 2021 (Bill 10), debate 32B:1425-1450, 39B:1645-1710
- Telford, Lesley, comments on COVID-19 testing 3B:1050
- Telus Communications Inc., government contract for call centre services 26B:1350-1355
- Thomson, Steve, appreciation 4B:1435
- Throne speech debate 4B:1435-1455
- Tiede, Lee-Ann, comments on Rolli Cacchioni 26B:1335
- U.S., male presidents 22B:1145
- Women's equality and gender equity 22B:1145-1150
Milobar, Peter (Kamloops–North Thompson)
- Agriculture, Food and Fisheries Ministry, impact of government budget process change 9B:1620
- B.C. NDP government
- B.C. recovery benefit 9B:1605-1610, 9B:1630
- Budgets
- Child protection system
- children in government care, deaths of youth in care and government response 41B:1045-1050
- COVID-19, business impact and supports 9B:1610, 9B:1630-1635, 16B:1425, 19B:1420-1425
- COVID-19 disability and income assistance recipient impact and supports 6B:1100, 9B:1610-1620, 9B:1630
- COVID-19, housing impact and supports, temporary housing and shelters 9B:1625
- COVID-19 impact and government response 9B:1605-1635, 19B:1420-1425, 31B:1045-1050, 37B:1510-1520, 37B:1530-1535, 40B:1650
- COVID-19 vaccination, vaccine booking system, call centre services 26B:1405
- Eby, David
- Elections, 2020 general election, timing 19B:1735
- Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 3), debate 9B:1605-1635
- Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 8), debate 19B:1735-1740
- Firearm Violence Prevention Act (Bill 4)
- Government, accountability and transparency 9B:1610-1615, 37B:1535
- Highway 99, George Massey Tunnel replacement project, costs and timeline 9B:1420
- Introductions by members 6B:1010
- Kamloops, COVID-19 impact on businesses, nightclub business case 16B:1425
- Legislature, Speaker and Chair, appointment of Assistant Deputy Speaker 2B:1435
- Letnick, Norm, appointment as Assistant Deputy Speaker 2B:1435
- Local government, powers 37B:1530
- Motions
- Appointment of Assistant Deputy Speaker 2B:1435
- Oral questions
- COVID-19 response and impact on vulnerable people 6B:1100
- COVID-19 response for small businesses 16B:1425
- COVID-19 response for tourism attractions and arts and event organizations 31B:1045-1050
- COVID-19 vaccine booking system and Telus contract 26B:1405
- Government response to COVID-19 19B:1420-1425
- Government response to deaths of youth in care 41B:1045-1050
- Massey Tunnel replacement project 9B:1420
- Real estate industry
- money laundering and tax evasion, prevention 19B:1735
- regulation and oversight, single regulator model 19B:1735-1740
- Restaurant and food services industry, cap on service delivery fees, private members' bill 9B:1620, 9B:1635
- Supply Act (No. 1), 2021 (Bill 10), debate 37B:1510-1540, 40B:1650
- Telus Communications Inc., government contract for call centre services 26B:1405
- UN declaration on the rights of Indigenous peoples, implementation legislation, application 26B:1610-1620
Morris, Mike (Prince George–Mackenzie)
- As subject
- experience of friend's son with addiction 4B:1425
- experience with budget process in police department 30B:1600
- experience with police budget process 6B:1120
- family background in policing 21B:1450-1455
- Angler's Atlas, MyCatch fishing app 16B:1345
- Angus, Simon, work on sailboat technology 31B:1000-1005
- Automobile insurance, enhanced care model, "no fault" and tort systems, rate affordability, etc., and related changes 40B:1440
- Boats and boating, sailing catamaran prototype 31B:1000
- B.C. by region
- B.C. NDP government
- B.C. recovery benefit 6B:1140-1145
- Budgets
- COVID-19 employee impact and supports, front-line workers impact and response 4B:1420
- COVID-19 impact and government response 4B:1410-1420, 6B:1125-1145, 30B:1605-1610
- homeless and vulnerable populations 4B:1420
- COVID-19 mental health and addiction impact and supports, opioid overdoses and services 30B:1605
- de Jong, Michael, comments on budget process and special warrants 6B:1120
- Elections, 2020 general election timing 4B:1415-1425, 6B:1135-1145, 30B:1605
- Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 3), debate 6B:1120-1145
- Financial Administration Act, provisions 30B:1600
- Firearm Violence Prevention Act (Bill 4)
- Firearms
- discharge of firearm from vehicle or boat 26B:1455
- illegal firearm task force, recommendations 21B:1450
- motor vehicle impoundment re vehicles used to flee police or transport illegal firearms 26B:1740
- prohibition on possession in designated property
- regulation
- Fishing industry, recreational fishing, fishing derby event 16B:1345
- Gangs, gang and organized crime and violence, gun violence prevention 21B:1450-1455
- Government
- Hunting, use of firearms to hunt 26B:1455
- Insurance Corporation Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 5), debate 24B:1100-1110, 28B:1630, 28B:1705-1730, 40B:1425-1440, 40B:1515-1525, 40B:1545
- Insurance Corporation of B.C.
- Krawczyk, Halle, fundraising activities for cancer care 5B:1345-1350
- Legislation for 1st session of 42nd parliament 4B:1425
- Legislature
- legislative calendar and sitting schedule, winter session 4B:1425
- staff thanked 4B:1410
- Lower Mainland, gang activity and gun violence 21B:1450
- Neudorf, Mark, fundraising activities for cancer case 5B:1345
- Ombudsperson, complaints re ICBC 24B:1110, 28B:1730
- Police and policing, impact of government budget process change 30B:1600
- Prince George
- COVID-19 impact, homeless and vulnerable population 4B:1420
- police services and budget process 6B:1120
- Prince George Hospital, conditions and budget process 6B:1120
- Provincial health officer, COVID-19 response 4B:1415
- Simmons, Sean, business and fishing accomplishments 16B:1345
- Special warrants, use 6B:1120
- Statements by members
- Substance use and addiction, opioid overdoses, government response 4B:1420-1425, 6B:1135
- Supply Act (No. 1), 2021 (Bill 10), debate 30B:1600-1615
- Throne speech debate 4B:1410-1425
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